New opening
- Robin Gill's Dairy team opening Great Scotland Yard Hotel restaurant, cocktail bar, tea room and more
Next up from Robin Gill and The Dairy team is the new Great Scotland Yard hotel in Mayfair. He and the team will be in charge of the food, cocktails, bakery and more.
- Radio Alice are bringing their pizzas to Canary Wharf
After successful restaurants in Hoxton and Clapham, Radio Alice are next bringing their pizzas out east to Canary Wharf. Expect all the pizzas from the original, all made with organic ingredients.
- Pophams Bakery are bringing patisserie and pasta to Hackney's Richmond Road
Expect all the carbs at Pophams Bakery's new Richmond Road space - with the open kitchen turning out viennoiserie by day and pasta by night.
- Moncks of Dover Street is a new Mayfair brasserie from the Park Chinois team
This Mayfair brasserie comes from the same people who are behind Park Chinois. Expect a classic European brasserie in plush settings.
- Jason Atherton is opening The Betterment at The Biltmore hotel in Mayfair
We hear that Jason Atherton has been lined up to run all the food side of things at this new London hotel - right opposite his old boss Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant
- Sub Cult's award-winning sandwiches get a permanent City spot
They've been street food legends for five years and now Sub Cult are getting a much-deserved permanent place in the City. With brand new subs along with the classics, this looks like your new City lunch spot.
- Honest Burgers come to London Bridge's Tooley Street
The latest restaurant to come to London Bridge, after its huge facelift, is the newest Honest Burgers in town. They've just opened off Tooley Street, bringing all their famed burgers with them. All the usual burgers will be there, paired with their rosemary salted chips. And as with the other branches, there's a monthly special (they've teamed up with Brindisa at the time of writing for a Bravas burger) and the vegetarian and
... - Vagabond wine bar has arrived in Paddington
There's have been changes afoot at Paddington Central recently (that's the space by the canal near the Hammersmith and City line). We've had the recent opening of The Grand Duchess, and now we've just learned of a brand new Vagabond wine bar that's opened in the area, immediately becoming the areas first wine bar.
If you're unfamiliar with Vagabond, let us enlighten you. The whole operation is
... - Pasta Nostra serves up fresh pasta and more on Old Street
Two young chefs have brought their passion for pasta to East London, opening up this small plates and pasta restaurant which aims to do a few dishes very well.
- Bank House Wine Bar and Kitchen in Chislehurst comes from Stuart Gillies, ex Gordon Ramsay CEO
He was chef and eventually CEO of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants and now Stuart Gillies is opening his own place. It's a wine bar that's taking over a Victorian building (that used to be a bank) on Chislehurst High Street.
- Bermondsey has a new Japanese restaurant in HAKATA Ramen + Bar
Serving up ramen, Japanese small plates and more, this Bermondsey spot aims to be part NYC speakeasy, part Japanese dive bar.
- Bacchus N4 serves up wine and snacks on Stroud Green Road
Stroud Green Road, just north of Finsbury Park station, is a lovely hotchpotch of indie bars, coffee shops and restaurants, so we're glad to see the trend continuing with the arrival of new wine bar and shop Bacchus N4.
Owner Tolga used to run The Harvest deli in Crouch End and has been busy over the first two weeks of opening, honing the list here.
"This is my third shortlist," he told Hot Dinners. "I'm a bit picky. But generally people
... - Crate is a new container village in Walthamstow - with Baggio Burger, Italian Baker and more
While we wait to see what Truman Brewery have planned in Walthamstow, another big new development has just opened.
Crate (not to be confused with the Hackney brewery) have just a new container village called Crate St James Street, designed to be a collection of food and drink outlets and shops (a bit like Boxpark) and a way for small businesses to start up.
... - Crazy Pizza brings dough tossing and more to Marylebone
Crazy Pizza comes from ex-Formula One boss, Flavio Briatore, and promises to be a lively pizza joint with plenty of dough-tossing antics alongside thin crust pizzas.
- Konditor bring their cakes to The City with a new Bank shop
We'll admit, we're quite partial to a Konditor cake, particularly their wonderful Curly Whirly concoction. And now, after a rebrand (they've dropped the "and Cook") they're heading to Bank for their next shop.
And this store will be familiar if you've visited their others, featuring all the celebration cakes you could ever want as well as salted caramel brownies, desserts and more. They'll have ten seats
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